Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-18

son, Knox and Hancock, showing that her
immediate relatives have been held in high
regard by the fathers of the republic. When
President Monroe visited New Haven, of the
eighteen officers of the revolutionary army
presented to him Major William Munson, her
father, had the honor of being the first She
is enjoying the evening of long and event.
full life. She has seen the old thirteen, feeble
and poor, but aspiring and resolute, become
an imperial republic. She has listened to
the angry echoes of three wars to which she
has Loyalty sent her relatives and from and
through which has come, we hope, enduring
peace. She is proud of her lineage and she
has an interest in whatever pertains to the
Munson name. She has an interest in this
reunion, and it is a great satisfaction to her
that she is able to be with us to day. Mem
bers Of the Munson race, I have the honor
and the pleasure of presenting to you our
kinswoman, Mrs. Grace Munson Wheeler.
After the applause attendant upon Mrs.
Munsons presentation had subsidized, Hon.
Luzerne I. Munson, State comptroller, was
introduced. He said he esteemed it great
honor to respond to the toast "The State
of Connecticut" Mr.. Munson then, in an
able manner, told of the grand history Of
Connecticut and of the work which our fore
fathers had done, which was now being ex
tensively felt. In conclusion, he said he
would bid the Munson family welcome in q
most hearty manner. His remarks were
We'll received ana ne was Voclterously ap-
plauded.
In the ancient days when New Haven was
founded the minister was the leading man
in the community, not only spiritually, but
politically. This union of church and
State is dissolved, but the hand of
decay is on any country where
Puritan family like ours must needs have
many of these defenders and advocates of the
faith. Thus spoke the chairman as he in
troduced the Rev. Francis Munson of Ohio,
who responded to "The Clergy of the Nun
son Family" He told how some of the Nun
son family had become missionaries Three
of them lost their lives in their work. It is
from family like the Munsons that the
ministry must draw its forces.
The chairman in introducing Mr.. Erwin
S. Barbour said: In these days of gigantic
manufacturing and commercial enterprise, we
are apt to lose sight of the fact that greater
than these as a factor in the prosperity of
the country is the agricultural interest I'm
contaminated by the temptations and vicious
surroundings of the city, with time in which
to think out the problems of the day unhin-
dered, the judgment of the farmer probably
comes nearer to the proper solution of any
question presented than that of any other
class of our citizens. They are for law and
order every time, and if this republic sur
wives the battle with ignorance and dema-
goguery which is inevitable in the future, it
will be because the farmers hold the balance
of power. They nursed the feeble Puritan
colonies into strength and when the Revo-
lutionary struggle was inaugurated, it was
heard round the world, and at Bunker Hill
demonstrated that right is greater than
might.
Mr.. Barbour ably responded to the toast of
'sThe Farmers of the Munson Family - am
not going to tell you what 1 know about
farming, said he, neither am I going to tell
you how obtained the title of being pros
porous agriculturist of Vermont. One hun
dred years ago last Friday there went out
from Litchfeld county, this State, young
woman. Her destination was Vermont,o or as
it was called in those days, New Connecticut.
This woman fell in love with and married
student from Middlebury college. 1t is
speaker told very graphically how the Nun
son family was scattered in all paths of life
the world over.
DIR. Titus Munson Coan, of New York,
responded for F'The Doctors of the Munson
Family" His remarks elected applause.
When some one said of the lawyers that
they halve our pleasures and double our sor-
rows, he could not have had in mind any
members of our family, for while there are
good lawyers and bad lawyers the Munson
lawyers are good, and one of the best is the
Hen. Loveland Munson, of the grand old
State of Vermont. Chairman Munson in
these well spoken words introduced the hon
orable gentleman, who spoke wittily and
ably and at the close of his remarks was
greeted with spontaneous outburst of ap
plause.
The next sentiment responded to was the
q Artists of the Munson Family" to which
Mrs. Eva Munson Smith, of Illinois, re-
sponded by rendering an original vocal
solo in a most beautiful manner. She was
frequently encored and had to give repe-
tition.
"We have got far enough along in this
jubilation to make it evident" said the chair
man, "to every unbiased mind that the high
est felicity in this world necessarily includes
being born Munson, and we have proper
sympathy for those who are not thus hap
PLY born. Such unfortunates, as the best
thing possible, will attempt, if wise men, to
secure Munson wives. Having accomplished
this, they become competent to respond
with enthusiasm to the sentiment, THE
daughters of the Munson family call
upon John A. Armondson, Esq, of New
York, one of these wise and happy men, to
respond to this toast" After very felicitous
Introductory remarks in which he compli-
mented Rev. Myron A. Munson as a monu-
ment of industry as illustrated by that gen
tleman's labors at the genealogical tree and
spoke of the great numerical strength OF the
Munsons and their honorable achieve
ments in the various walks of life,
he approached the keynote of his
remarks, the Munson ladies. The ladies of
the audience certainly approved of what the
speaker SO happily and with such scholarly
illusions said of them, and the male portion
of the audience exulted still further in the
virtues and worth of the Munson ladies, and
the high place accorded them by the speaker.
''The Soldiers of the Munson Family" was
to by Colonel Gilbert D. Munson
of Zanesville,O. From the time when Thomas
Munson encountered the perils and hardships
of the Pequot war in 1857 to the last and
greatest of modern wars, that of our rebellion,
the Munsons have ever been true to their
motto, 'ready for my country"
"Our Transatlantic Cousins"wa responded
to by Myron A. Munson. Prof. Thomas o.
Munson, of Denison, Tex, responded to ''The
Portsmouth race of Munsons." After vote
of thanks had been extended to the Rev.
Mr.. Munson, who prepared the historical adj
dress. the assemblage broke up by the sing
ing of America.